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the churchyard, and is the house referred to in the following entry 
under date 1561, 3 Elizabeth — " Item for taking down the house 
in the churchyarde, and for clensing the same, 6s. 8d." 
The hospital for lepers was situated out of the town, away from 
the bulk of the population, and was at the north end of the town; 
for where we find land called the Maudlin or the Maudlin ground, 
it is, I believe, never failing evidence of the existence of a leper 
or similar hospital in the locality. 
Although there are no remains of buildings now, there can be 
little question but that the old house, known as the Turk's Head, 
was connected with St. Andrew's church. The vicarage gardens 
were here, and they, or the churchyard, or both, extended far down 
Whiniple Street. Portions certainly belonged to the churchyard, 
for human bones have been found in the gardens behind Whimple 
Street and St. Andrew's Place, during excavations for the founda- 
tions of houses there. The whole of the land on what is now the 
south side of Whimple Street belonged to the vicars of St. Andrew, 
and was up to the time of the sale, to be mentioned presently, 
described sometimes as the gardens, and sometimes as the glebe. 
It is said that at first stalls were placed against the wall bounding 
the gardens, glebe, or churchyard, on the north, and encroach- 
ments on the yard itself soon followed, which not being checked 
a right was gained, and thus the southern side of Whimple Street 
was formed. By and by houses were built on the land occupied by 
the stalls, and soon the tenants, requiring more room in the rear, 
obtained leases for long terms of years from the vicars, and this 
continued up to a comparatively recent period. The vicar of St. 
Andrew sold some forty years ago to the Corporation, I believe, 
the whole of what was left. 
I think I have now referred (no one knows better than I do 
myself how imperfectly) to all the various matters which can be 
traced as having been directly connected with the religious history 
of old Plymouth. I believe that all the other ancient buildings 
were used for secular purposes. 
I could have said much more with regard to the guilds, the 
almshouses, the various charitable foundations, and other matters 
connected with the religious history of the town, as well before 
the Reformation as after. I also wished to have referred to 
the churches of Stonehouse, St. Budeaux, and Pennycross, more 
particularly than I have been able to do ; but the paper is already 
